The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1887-03-04
The Witch's Fate.
A CRUEL PREJUDICE OF OLD TIMES MORE
THAN EQuALLEp NOW.


Not many decades ago in this count
ry, the people were excited over witch
craft. Persons suspected were thrown
into the water ; IL not witches, they
would drown; If they were witches,
they would swim ashore, and would be
put to death In any event, they were
doomed
Not many years ago If person were
taSen sick with advanced disorder of
the kidneys, the physician would pro-
nounce the disease Bright's disease, and
when so declared, he regarded his re-
sponsibility at an end, for medical
authority admitted that the disease
was incurable.
When the physician found patient
thus afflicted, he would say, ''Oh, a
slight attack of the kidneys will be
all right in little while" He knew
to the contrary. But if he could keep
his patient on his hands for few
months he knew he would derive a
great revenue from bis case, and then
when the disease had progressed to a
certain stage, he would state the facts
and retire, exonerated from all blame.
But the error of supposing the dis
ease incurable, has swayed the public
mind, long after the fact has ceased to
be. But public opinion, has been edu
Gated to the true status of the case by
those who have discounted the incur
ability theory, and the public recog.
nizes and testifies to the fact that War
ner's safe cure is a specific for this dis
ease. This has been shown with thou
sands of testimonials.
Upon referring TO them in our files
we find that $4,000 reward will be CIV
en- to any one who can prove that SO
far as the manufacturers know they are
not genuine, aud that hundreds of
thousands similar in character could be
published, if II were necessary.
This condition of things is very
amusing to the journalist, who looks
upon all sides of every question. Proof
should be accepted by all, but preju
dice fights proof for many years. 1t
seems strange that when proprietary
medicine is doing the good that War
ner's safe cure is that the physicians do
not publicly endorse it. Many of them,
we are told, privately prescribe it.
A few years ago, as stated, when a
man had Bright's disease, the doctor
boldly announced it, because he thought
it relieved him of responsibility.
To-day when prominent people are
dying (and hundreds of thousands of
common people die OF the same disease)
we are told that doctors disguise the
fact that it is Brights disease of the
kidneys and say that they die of par
alysis, of apoplexy, of pneumonia, of
consumption, of general debility, of
rheumatism, of heart disease, of blood
poisoning, or some other of the names
of the direct effects of kidney disease.
They are not the real disease itself.
We sometimes wonder if they avoid
stating the real cause of disease for
fear they will drive the public into
patronage of the only scientific pro-
prietary specific for kidney diseases and
the thousand and one diseases that
originate in inactive kidneys.
We do not believe every advertise.
ment we read. Some people perhaps
may regard this article as an advertise
ment and will not believe it, but we
are candid enough to say that we be-
lieve the parties above mentioned have
stated their case and proved it, and un-
der such circumstances the public is
unwise if it is longer influenced by ad
verse prejudice.